Hatton’s title hopes on ice after Mitchell opts to wait

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RICKY HATTON will have to wait at least until the autumn to box for the world light-welterweight title after Gary Shaw, the promoter of Sharmba Mitchell, turned down an offer for the boxers to meet for a world-title bout early in the summer. Mitchell, the former WBA champion from the United States, had been scheduled to challenge Kostya Tszyu, the undisputed champion, in Moscow, on February 7, but Tszyu pulled out with a sore shoulder.

Hatton, who recorded the best win of his career when he outpointed Ben Tackie in December, had been expected to meet the winner of the